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Mets Chat Room: Coin Flip Returns.

The Mets won a coin-flip today with Milwaukee should the teams finish tied for the wild-card.

Speaking of coin flips, I don’t know which Oliver Perez will show up tonight. He’s pitched well against the Braves, winning five of his last seven starts over the last two seasons. Recently, he’s been erratic with his control.

214 thoughts on “Mets Chat Room: Coin Flip Returns.”

I agree why not Murphy, but I am also glad Castillo is not in the 7 hole.
Last night in DC with a rather lopsided game we spent a good chunk of the evening in different parts of the park. It has a lot of nice features and the seating is good all over. The only sour note was seeing David Wright act like a Little Leaguer. Striking out with a 6-0 lead and throwing his helmet and bat made him look like a real jerk. Last year Reyes was blasted in September. Well Wright is supposed to be the leader but he’s shown himself to be very immature and not close to being ready for leadership.

As far as I’m concerned, this is David Wright’s team. He’s the only Met who stands up night after night and talks. He’s pointed the finger at himself and never threw anybody under the bus. Yeah, those weren’t great quotes the other night. I called them milquetoast. Maybe he was tired. Maybe he was drained from answering the same questions night after night.

Beltran doesn’t stand up like Wright. Neither does Delgado. Neither does Reyes. Yes, he stunk in Washington. It happens. I posted his numbers for last September and they were great with a .350 average, six homers and 20 RBI.

He’s not having the same month, but he’s human. Give him a break. If the Mets are going to do anything, they’ll need Wright.-JD

JD, You are right. This guy is obviously frustrated. He wants to win badly. He is always the one the reporters run to to get a quote. Win or Lose. I bet nobody wants to erase the memory of last year more than him.

I agree with you that if you are going to use him batting him 7th doesnt really make sense. However, I was saying it before the last two games and I’ll continue to say it. Dan Murphy needs to be in the lineup everyday. He always seems to put in some great AB’s also he’s 4-8 with 1 HR 3 RBI 2BB vs lefties so lets just see what the kid can do.

For as much as I Jerry as the manager I hate that he always sticks with the l/r thing with Evans and Murphy. He plays well and they win when he plays he needs to be in. One thing this Braves line up is bad.

JD,
yea, I know, that was a terrible signing by Minya. I hope Omar is done with signing over the hill or retread players that can never stay healthy. I am so sick of those types of players on the Mets.

I think Omar was afraid someone was going to see what a great up and coming player Castillo will be so he signed him to make the Reyes/Castillo double play combo the defensive foundation for the next 10 years.

Back to Wtight…I don’t care if he has a fit, but up 6-0 isn’t the time. A leader knows that, Wright doesn’t. Get pissed when it matters. And who said he doesn’t have heart?
As for Castillo, how you gonna trade him? Salary dump and pick up a reject. Heilman is at least not a salary dump for three more years.
As for the Braves its really sad to see them so bad…..NOT!
Jose shows his maturity…. Steps out if his slump and 3 games in a row at least he’s on in the first.

tomg: The Mets may not have to win a game to earn a playoff spot this year. And since wild card teams seem to win World Series, especially if the name is Marlins that is the place to be. You finish first , play the Dodgers, all you will hear for a week is Joe Torre and the freakin Yankees. Who needs it….

Oh yes JD, I’m not a Torre lover but it would be wonderful to listen to Hankee the Yankee explain that away!!!!!!!!
On the grounder to 2nd Castillo looked like a guy who is in real pain. The fans knock him but it seems he never recovered from his surgeries.

I know Castillo has been a bust but if he was not healthy in March why did they not leave him in Fl for longer rehab. Maybe if they had given him more time to heal he would be healthy now. I always wonder if Omar was ever asked this question.
Also if they had put him on the DL back then they would have never lost Gotay.
Never was a big Gotay fan but he could have helped the team.

David: You have to shut the door with two outs. That could hurt later. Church saved them a run by cutting the ball off in the corner. That could be big, too. … Overall, I don’t like how Perez is pitching. -JD

I have a bigger problem with the pitch selection to Reyes you have a pitcher 0-2 on two fastballs why not show him something in the dirt then go back to the fastball ah well im nitpicking i guess. Big shot by evans. Fish tied it 6-6 2nd & 3rd 0 out

Scott: Sorry, no. Won’t be at the Stadium on Sunday. KInd of wish I were. I saw a lot of games in that park. I even saw some games there before it was remodeled. Saw Mickey Mantle play there. Once was at a Yankees-Red Sox doubleheader with the second game going 20 innings.-JD

Well Perez kept the lead. But he’s set himself up to have the bullpen pitch at least 3 innings in this one. I just dont like the fact that hes given up 4 runs and i cant think of one that theyve hit hard.

Francouer did Perez a favor there. As for the comment about the Braves future, I think they have some nice young offensive players (McCann, Escobar, Johnson, Kotchman, Francouer all have potential) Their problem will be pithing.

if there was more reliability in the pen i would say lift perez here. since there isn’t, if they feel like stretching him further they might as well. perez only has one regular season start remaining anyway. no sense in holding back now.

1. Go hard after Brian Fuentes over Francisco Rodriguez for the closer role. He’ll cost less.
2. Joe Smith and Pedro Feliciano will be brought back.
3. I would give Kunz and Parnell chances to win jobs in spring training.
4. Will try to deal Heilman for what I can get. If Heilman can’t be moved, I would think about him as the long man. Part of that reasoning is if I keep him stretched out I can use him as a starter in a pinch.
5. I would give Ayala a shot as the set-up man.

That’s not a bad strategy, particularly giving the kids a shot. I really think that’s where Omar dropped the ball this offseason past, keeping the same lousy pen from 2007 (keeping in my mind that Matt Wise probably isn’t the stabilizing influence we’re missing, and we had big problems before Wagner went down).

Church is EXCELLENT defensively, particularly on shallow fly balls that he comes in on (he has saved many a run this season on such plays). I think he needs to be in there. Hopefully he finds his stroke.

15 is a nice number JD. I think since I’ve never seen them blow a lead like that, I’d at least FEEL good about it. I cannot forget that game in Philly where they were up by like 9 runs and only won by 1. It was terrifying, traumatic my therapist tells me.

No, the game I’m talking about was this season, in July. Mets had a 10-1 lead after they batted in the top of the sixth. They won 10-9, giving up 1, 3, 2, and 2 runs in the Phils’ last 4 turns at bat. Phils had the tying run on 2nd in the 9th, too. It was excruciating.

You know if the mets hold on one impressive thing to look at: In the bottom of the 2nd the Braves took the lead 2-1 Mets answered with 3 in the top of the 3rd. In the bottom of the 7th the braves tied the game at 5 the mets answered with 4 in the 8th. Both times they gave up they lead they immediately jumped right back with big innings.

David, that has been the difference b/w 2008 and 2007. They still go cold in the middle innings too often, but they have a lot more fight in them. Those 2 against the Nats at Shea last week, where they just kept bombing away, are indicative of the difference. Again, far from perfect, but baby steps.

Ollie wasn’t sharp, but he did a good job. If Wright doesn’t make that bone-head play, he goes 6+ and gives up 2 runs. Clemens (who I despise) used to say that a starting pitcher feels real good for only 25% of his starts; the rest of the time he battles. That’s what Ollie did tonight; seems like he’s matured.